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School: An Chill, Dúngarbhán (roll number 630 or 16748)

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Kill, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 168

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  1. The Landlords

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    Our local landlord was Colonel Poer O'Shea of Gardenmorris. The people liked him very much. He had only one eviction and that eviction took place in this village last year for non-payment of rent for a number of years. Long ago the landlords were very cruel. It was very hard to get land. Some people had only one years lease. The people that had only a yearly lease were the first to be evicted. Before the year would be out rich farmers would go to the landlords and offer them a few pounds more than those in possession
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Corcoran
    Gender
    Male